Places OldWanderer Wants to Go

A superbly preserved example of Georgian residential architecture that was once home to one of the founders of Alexandria, Virginia.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

An original apothecary from 1792.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

The home of a 19th-century author who brought African-American folktales to the mainstream is now Atlanta’s oldest house museum.

Discover a captivating display of memorabilia from the iconic movie 'Gone With the Wind.'

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

An ornate Buddhist temple located in an Atlanta suburb, built by and for the Laotian community.

Healing Springs that once ran red with soldiers' blood.

A vision of beautiful Hindu architecture in the middle of the American South.

This hidden stone has absorbed decades of human anxiety.

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.

Two Civil War-era cemeteries stuck between runways at the world's busiest airport.

Legend says if this neo-Gothic basilica is ever officially completed, the world will come to an end.

This historic street in Quito is known for its seven stone crosses—and one presidential assassination.

It took 160 years to complete the most ornate church in Ecuador.

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

An exotic jungle hideaway run entirely by indigenous Kichwa women.

This overlooked, beautiful convent hides an original Hieronymus Bosch among its many treasures.

One of the most historic cemeteries in Quito is an eclectic mix of architectural styles and famous tombs.

The world's tallest aluminum statue is also the world's tallest image of a winged Virgin Mary.

An abandoned Ecuadorian prison that once held ex-presidents and notorious con artists is now a carceral museum.

A short volcanic hill in Quito doubles as a stellar observation point of an iconic statue.